Thursday, 20 September 2018

It is back in the early 1980s. I was wandering around the Kelvin Hall Flats in Upperthorpe, Sheffield, looking for beauty in brutalism. I came across these two kids and their cry was "take our picture, mister". Job done.

Tuesday, 18 September 2018

This is a new scan of a negative I must have shot some thirty-seven years ago at a Yorkshire Miners' Gala in Rotherham. It was a few months before the start of the miners' strike, and there is Arthur Scargill pointing the way. Somehow it has turned itself into a sepia print - which is rather fitting perhaps.

Friday, 14 September 2018

The driver and fireman of the Scarborough Spa Express at the end of the line, Scarborough Station. Just time for a quick chat and a bite to eat, and then it's time to turn the engine around and head back west again.

About Me

One time lecturer, writer on European Affairs and bus conductor, Alan Burnett now divides his time between walking the dog and a little harmless blogging. His News From Nowhere Blog has been running since 2006 and acts as a showcase for his ranting and writing and his photographs old and new.